Some books are to be tasted, others to b…

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Francis Bacon

Solon used to say that speech was the im…

Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions… that laws were like cobwebs, –for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Laertius Diogenes

Solitude, though it may be silent as lig…

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone all leave it alone.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Thomas De Quincey